Dear God, I come to you as humbly as I know how. I confess my sins, those known and unknown. Lord you know I am not perfect and I fall short everyday of my life, but I want to take time out to say Thank You for your mercy. Thank You for my health, my family and my friends, the roof over my head, food on my table, and everything I have.

I'm going back to public, sorry for any whiplash!

I will not live in fear. I will not be intimidated. I will not be bullied. I have nothing to hide. I was private long enough that I believe that much of the negativity and hype have had a chance to die down from what I will from here on out refer to as the "Blog War."

xoxoxox Everyone. Have a POSITIVE month full of gratitude! I for one have a TON to be grateful for and positive about!

Finding 28 things to express gratitude for will only be hard because of the SMALL number. I personally have MILLIONS of things to rejoice over!

Gratitude: Day 8

I am REALLY Grateful for the Spiritual uplift I got this weekend! As the scriptures say "Ask and ye shall receive." I asked to be spiritually refueled, and got a HUGE dose of what I needed! It's hard to go back to "real life" after my much needed break. Let me say that I am SOOOO grateful for the ability to go to the Temple. And brushing shoulders with Elder Oaks..... that Man radiates power and authority!

Gratitude: Day 6 and 7

Since I've been away, I am 2 days behind which is good because that means I can post 2 things at once. I am Grateful for my AMAZING MOM, and David's WONDERFUL PARENTS! I am so blessed to have them!!!! WE are sooo blessed to have them!

Gratitude: Day 5

I am Grateful for a Husband who I am in love with today more than I was 9 years ago!

Gratitude: Day 4

I am Grateful to have my Children all with me.

Gratitude: Day 3

I am grateful for four children who are all sweet as can be and different from each other! Each one brings such a fresh approach to life!

Gratitude: Day 2

I am grateful for a warm place to call home!

Gratitude: Day 1

I am grateful for the blessings that pop up in my life when I am having a hard time being grateful

A sense of humor PLEASE!

Some people go through life completely VOID of a sense of humor.... or being able to laugh at themselves.

I feel AMAZINGLY sorry for these people!

I guess I have just had to live my life laughing at myself.... Lord KNOWS I have enough mishaps, dramatic moments, etc that I had better have a sense of humor!

I can't even IMAGINE where I would be without it. I would be MISERABLE if I couldn't see something funny in the tragedy that my life clings to.

Fortunately, I am one who can also see the silver lining in almost every situation.

I was really proud of myself the other day when David said "don't worry about _____" and completely at odds with what I usually do, I just didn't worry... and not only did it turn out fine, but I felt so much LESS stressed out in the interim.

Rock Springs, WY..... I want to call you HOME! But I'll take Texas ;-)

HOLY COW! So, yesterday, the LAST 3 bedroom apartment at David's work got leased out. :-(

Also, I had a ton of running around to do yesterday. I had to take David back to work after he came at lunch time to get us. Then, case lot sale to shop, Primary Program Practice for all 3 girls at the EXACT same time as Dance Class for Elysia, and pick up David from work. While driving around, I noticed a flat tire noise coming from the front tire (when I checked, it wasn't flat). We went to Walmart after David got off work, and leaving there at 9:30 at night, David heard it and pulled over to check. He informed me that both front tires needed replacing IMMEDIATELY. We were both worried about making it all the way to GR and back the next morning to get them replaced. So, I was gearing up to fork out the $ for a hotel. David was able to take us to the Apartment Complex's Corporate Suite (one of their 2 bedroom apartments reserved for when the boss comes to town but can be used by the employees for various things) and we spent the night. I was TOTALLY spoiled by this. And decided that a 2 bedroom like the one we stayed in would be ok. (how often do you get to try out an apartment before you lease, right?) I just didn't want to have to commute between RS and GR anymore.

Well, Abby and Elysia slept in one bedroom, Elizabeth was supposed to sleep on the couch, Jacob on the floor, and David and I in the other bedroom.

Abby and Elysia went to sleep in "Their" room. And David went into the living room to get Jacob to sleep. He had been hinting all night about sleeping in the buff since we had few clean clothes with us. So, after showering, I decided to surprise him and sleep in panties and a t shirt (at walmart, I had bought a package of panties for "that time of the months" when garments alone aren't conducive) Well, David fell asleep with Jacob in the living room, and Elizabeth came and asked if she could sleep with me. I was too tired to put my clothes on (they were also the only thing I had to wear today) so, my "surprise" was wasted on my 7 year old Daughter.

This morning, David went to work, and I got the children ready for playgroup. I had bought some warmer clothes for Jacob and Elizabeth (they have very few being the oldest Girl and only Boy) but nothing for the other 2. So, Jacob and Elizabeth had new clothes for today, but the other 2 had to wear what they had been in since yesterday. On my way to Playgroup, I felt that I needed to just get right to walmart and get the tires taken care of. While at walmart, I looked down and saw that Jacob's hand was BURNED! On the back he had 2nd degree burns on 3 of his fingers!!!!! I can't even FATHOM how he got them. I'm panicking about that when my van is done, and we rushed straight back to the apartment complex to get David's opinion on what to do.

We ended up deciding to just put Neosporin on it, and keep an eye on it. He wasn't acting like it was bothering him, and it would prolly be more of a pain than anything to try and bandage it.

We talked to the Leasing Manager about leasing a 2 bedroom, and she told us that the Fire Marshall won't allow it because there are more than 4 of us. AGH!

SO, then we got the kids back up to the apartment and cleaned and washed linens (David wasn't very busy, so he was able to help). We watched TV till David got off work, and then went to Wingers to celebrate Candis' (the "Wife" of a Friend of David's from work who happens to be female) birthday. Now, we're FINALLY home.